• Litter-free lunches - ie. Trashless Tuesdays
  • Digital newsletter - sending newsletters home using an email database - Bird's Hill currently does this, 90% of families get their newsletter by email.
  • Paper reduction - sending notes home digitally using an email database. I plan to use my tech time to help teachers get this set up. Leslie
  • Hour without Power

The following ideas were taken from Manitoba Education Website -
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/esd/eco_globe/awareness.html

  • announcements, notices, and messages that reinforce awareness of sustainability**
    • anti–bullying campaigns
    • challenges and reminders to reduce waste, energy, water etc
    • presentations from organizations such as Conservation Manitoba
    • Community service programs and volunteer programs that support social well-being
    • cyber-bullying information
    • Earth Day awareness programs
    • recognition of international days related to social, environmental, and economic health and well-being such as World Water Day
    • Green Kids programs
    • healthy and/or garbage-less lunches
    • awareness and promotion of personal safety
    • posters, audio-visual, or multimedia presentations that focus on health of the environment, of society, and of the economy
    • guest speakers and community fieldtrips related to sustainability themes
    • professional development time allotted to ESD and to research on sustainability
    • recycling programs where students and staff participate
    • teaching that promotes and encourages practices of active, responsible citizenship
    • school vision, mission statement and student code of conduct that reflect eco-citizenship and ESD principles.
    • students collaborate in shared studies on ESD issues
    • teachers collaborate to plan ESD themes and studies
    • sharing of ESD information and activities between home and school, by newsletters, school websites or other means
    • student assemblies that include ESD related messages or presentations
    • student presentations and activities are planned to include a component of eco-citizenship and environmental responsibility
    • students learn about the consumer society and sustainable consumption
    • presentations by Take Pride Winnipeg
    • school establishes and publicizes a no-idle zone
    • school campaign to encourage bicycle use
    • school establishes and maintains bicycle racks
    • school encourages public transit and ride-sharing
    • school and class celebrations of ethno-cultural diversity
    • student-produced videos and audio-visual productions dealing with sustainable lifestyles
    • school welcoming programs and policies of inclusion